Originally Posted by
Mitchaa
If it's a MGB failure, they may mandate HUMS on all UK civil helicopters not just O&G? Along with a CVFDR cost, this would push the price of the helicopter up quite a notch but what's the price on safety? Why is HUMS and CVFDR only mandatory on larger type passenger carrying aircraft? This incident has claimed 9 lives, the last O&G crash, just 4, there shouldn't be a distinction, human lives lost are human lives lost.
I think there is such an argument for helicopters undergoing this type of operation - spending a lot of time at low speed over built-up areas. But not for all helicopters in this weight range regardless of role. But these days it is more up to EASA than UK CAA so I doubt one little accident in a far away corner of Europe will carry much weight. And of course it would have to be shown that not only was it a transmission failure, but one with a good prospect of detection by VHM.